When Michael Jackson debuted the music video for Thrillerin 1983 he created a Halloween sensation that won’t be going in the grave anytime soon.

The Thriller video In what is arguably the greatest video of all time (Yes, yes Mariah Carey’s Butterfly has to be a close second :P) Jackson went all out. As in, the most expensive video ever made at that time and one that would be played over and over again on MTV, but surprisingly, one that no one seemed to get sick of.

Sure, Thriller, the album, went on to be the best selling of all time, but Thriller, the video, also has it’s share of accolades.

Guinness World Records listed it in 2006 as the “most successful music video”, selling over 9 million units.In 2009, the video was inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress, the first music video to ever receive this honor, for being “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant. Via Wikipedia

Alright, enough talk, watch the video after the jump, including a special treat.

In 2009, a group in Bethlehem, Pa reenacted Thriller on a large scale. More than 200 actors contributed to the video. Watch it below.

Admiring a pair of spectacular evening jackets heavily embroidered with sequins, beads and ribbons in homage to van Gogh’s irises and sunflowers, she stiffened when Dede Wilsey stated which they looked like a few of her individual Oscar de la Renta jackets